The Reproductive System
In lab, you learned the anatomy of the male and female
reproductive systems. There are still many physiological aspects of the reproductive
systems that we have to study in lecture. That is the focus of these pages.
All of this material is from Chapter 22 in your textbook. Here are the topics for
this week:
 | How do the testes and ovaries develop?
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| The male reproductive system
 | The composition of semen
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| How do hormones regulate the male reproductive
system?
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| What is a penile erection and a female erection?
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| What are the sex cells (sperm and egg) and how
do they form?
| spermatogenesis
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| oogenesis
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| The female reproductive system
| The female reproductive cycle
 | What are the steps to the release of an egg (ovulation)
from an ovary?
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| What hormones are involved in regulating the female
reproductive system?
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| Fertilization, pregnancy, initial embryonic
development, and birth
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| Mammary glands
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| Birth control & STDs
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Here's the web page outline viewed
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